Coaches
Aaron Best
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Aaron Best
Played at Eastern Washington 1996-1999
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Eastern Washington | Other | SA | not known |
| 2001 | Eastern Washington (GA) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2002-2006 | Eastern Washington | Position | OL | not known |
| 2007 | Toronto Argonauts (pro) | Position | OL | not known |
| 2008-2016 | Eastern Washington | OC | OC/OL | not known |
| 2017- | Eastern Washington | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Eastern Washington (FCS) | 7-4 | - → - | - | - | - | 86% wins | - |
| 2018 | Eastern Washington (FCS) | 12-3 | - → - | - | - | - | 64% wins | - |
| 2019 | Eastern Washington (FCS) | 7-5 | - → - | - | - | - | 80% wins | - |
| 2021 | Eastern Washington (FCS) | 10-3 | - → - | 8 | 10 | - | - | 128 |
| 2022 | Eastern Washington (FCS) | 3-8 | - → - | 38 | 129 | - | 77% wins | 130 |
| 2023 | Eastern Washington (FCS) | 4-7 | - → - | 27 | 121 | - | 27% wins | 128 |
| 2024 | Eastern Washington (FCS) | 4-8 | - → - | 4 | 128 | - | 36% wins | 129 |
| 2025 | Eastern Washington (FCS) | 5-7 | - → - | 107 | 64 | - | 33% wins | 129 |
| 2026 | Eastern Washington (FCS) | 2-8 | - → - | 63 | 124 | - | 42% wins | 128 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Eastern Washington | FCS | 5-2 |
Worked under
None found (his assistant years may be outside the FBS seasons we hold).
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Jimmy Lake · Eastern Washington 2000-2003 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Paul Wulff · Eastern Washington 2000-2006 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Timm Rosenbach · Eastern Washington 2000-2002 · him Other, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Beau Baldwin · Eastern Washington 2003-2016 · him OC, Position, them Head coach, OC, Position
- Jody Sears · Eastern Washington 2003-2006 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Jeff Schmedding · Eastern Washington 2004-2018 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC, GA, Position, ST coord.
- Zak Hill · Eastern Washington 2004-2015 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Junior Adams · Eastern Washington 2009-2013 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Erik Meyer · Eastern Washington 2012 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Troy Taylor · Eastern Washington 2016 · him OC, Position, them OC, Position
- Ian Shoemaker · Eastern Washington 2019-2021 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Eti Ena · Eastern Washington 2021 · him Head coach, them DC
- Pat McCann · Eastern Washington 2021 · him Head coach, them OC
- Jeff Copp · Eastern Washington 2022-2023 · him Head coach, them DC
- Jim Chapin · Eastern Washington 2022-2024 · him Head coach, them OC
- Eric Sanders · Eastern Washington 2023-2025 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Marc Anderson · Eastern Washington 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them OC
- Caleb Padilla · Eastern Washington 2026 · him Head coach, them DC
- Zach Bruce · Eastern Washington 2026 · him Head coach, them DC
Played together
- Jimmy Lake · Eastern Washington 1996-1998